Eight multiparous Holstein–Friesian dairy cows in late lactation were used to investigate the potential of using perennial ryegrass with a high concentration of water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) to increase the efficiency ...

This book contains a compilation of offered papers presented at the main congress of the XX International Grassland Congress held in University College Dublin, Ireland from 26 June to 1 July, 2005. It is complemented by ...

The papers include general overviews concerning the future direction and priorities in forage crop breeding, as well as grassland and livestock research and knowledge transfer for developing profitable livestock systems ...

Six mid-lactation multiparous Holstein–Friesian dairy cows were used to examine the potential of a fermented whole-crop barley (Hordeum vulgare)/kale (Brassica oleracea) bi-crop as a feed compared with a first-cut perennial ...

During the preclinical phase of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), significantly increased concentrations of lactic acid were measured in the blood of infected dairy cows. Other plasma metabolites, including alanine, ...

There can be considerable variation in the performance of individual lambs grazing on the same pasture. Gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOF/MS) was used to profile the relative abundances of ...